Mechanic Leads Robbery Gang To Steal Bus From Church Premises
The mechanic who plies his trade at Ilesha area of Osun State, stole a vehicle he repairs, a Toyota Hiace Bus which reportedly belongs to the St. Peter‘s Anglican Church. The suspect who broke the bus’ side window glass, unlocked the steering and drove it to Lagos, reportedly stormed the church premises with two members of his gang, Bolaji Azeez and Adebola Adekunle, to steal the bus in the dead of night.
The mechanic was arrested alongside his accomplices at the point of selling the bus, after the church reported the stolen bus to the police. 25-year-old Olaniyan who said Azeez contacted him that a friend, Adekunle, wanted to buy a Hiace bus for N1.2m, said after he looked around to get a bus for sale without success, he hatched the plan to steal the church’s.
“I live close to the church and help the church to repair the bus. Azeez called me that his friend, Adekunle, needed a Hummer (Hiace) bus and I told him I did not have any for sale. I promised to look around and get back to him.
“Three days later, I saw somebody drive the church’s bus along the street and it occurred to me that I could make a deal out of it. I called Azeez that I had got a bus but that it belonged to the church. I asked him to come with his friend, Adekunle, so that we could steal it.
“They came to Osun on February 26, 2018. We entered the church premises at 11pm and hid somewhere until 1am when we struck. I had never engaged in this kind of thing before. It was money that tempted me. I want the police to have mercy on me.”
Adekunle who disclosed that he was in dire need of a job after he came
out of prison in January 2018, admitted that he contacted Azeez to help
him get a bus he could use for commercial purposes. According to him,
after he was told there was a bus in Ilesha they could steal, he agreed
to pay Azeez and Olaniyan N400,000 each if the operation was
successful, adding that they decided to sell the vehicle because he
could not get the money to pay them.
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